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History
Paperback. Examines literary and historical texts to show how writers have manipulated images and ideas associated with the cattle killing - harvest, sacrifice, rebirth, devastation - to speak to their contemporary predicaments. Num Pages: 304 pages, 6 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226893488
- ISBN
- 9780226893488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.18
€ 36.99
€ 29.18
Hardcover. This book provides a significant history of Italy's brutal occupation of Libya. Using the lens of the life of the iconic resistance fighter Mohamed Fekini, it tells the story of Libya under Ottoman and Italian rule from the point of view of the colonized. Translator(s): Shugaar, Antony. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1HBL; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108868
- ISBN
- 9780230108868
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.18
€ 64.18
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609804749
- ISBN
- 9781609804749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.71
€ 32.99
€ 28.71
Hardcover. 8vo.Very good copy in dustwrapper. Northern Ireland, Ulster. First edition
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Ambassador Publications
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0296642
- ISBN
- 9781840301601
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 35.00
€ 35.00
Paperback. This illustrated textbook covers the full history of the Ottoman Empire, from its genesis to its dissolution. Num Pages: 450 pages, 63 b/w illus. 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDT; HBJF1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 247 x 174 x 25. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780521727303
- ISBN
- 9780521727303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 30.98
€ 37.99
€ 30.98
Hardcover. The first full-length biography of a premodern Japanese nun, The Princess Nun is the story of Bunchi (1619-1697), daughter of Emperor Go-Mizunoo and founder of Enshoji. The study incorporates issues of gender and social status into its discussion of Bunchi's ascetic practice to rewrite the history of Buddhist reform and Tokugawa religion. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; BGX; HBJF; HRE; JFSC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674491977
- ISBN
- 9780674491977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.34
€ 54.99
€ 45.34
Hardback. Gary Y. Okihiro presents the intellectual history of the core ideas, concepts, methods, and theories of Third World studies-an academic field first proposed in 1968 that never existed-in order to provide tools for understanding power and ending oppression. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 photographs. BIC Classification: 1QFG; HBG; HBTB; HBTQ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 5. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362098
- ISBN
- 9780822362098
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.81
€ 117.81
Paperback. At a time when men and women were prepared to kill - and be killed - for their faith, the Reformation tore western world apart. In this title, the author re-creates the religious battles of priests, monarchs, scholars and politicians, from zealous Martin Luther nailing his Theses to door of a Wittenburg church to the radical Ignatius of Loyola. Num Pages: 864 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 38. Weight in Grams: 628 832pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Penguin Edition
- SKU
- 9780140285345
- ISBN
- 9780140285345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardback. Medieval warfare was dominated by the attack and defence of fortified places, and siege methods and technology developed alongside improvements in defences. This book uses both historical sources and evidence from archaeology to analyse this relationship as part of a comprehensive view of the whole subject, tracing links across three continents. Num Pages: 566 pages, 46, 32 black and white, 14 line drawing. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; HBLC1; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 166 x 48. Weight in Grams: 2166.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 566
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843834489
- ISBN
- 9781843834489
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.37
€ 113.37
Paperback. Presents the story of Spain's three-hundred-year tenure on the continent. From the first Spanish-Indian contact through Spain's gradual retreat, this title offers an assessment of the impact of each civilization upon the other. Series: The Lamar Series in Western History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 40 black-&-white illustrations & 16 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- Brief
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300140682
- ISBN
- 9780300140682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.14
€ 30.99
€ 22.14
Paperback. Presents an account of the history of reggae. This book describes reggae's origins and development in Jamaica, from ska to rock-steady to dub and to reggae itself, a local music which conquered the world. It relates the story of reggae to the history of Jamaica, from Colonial Island to troubled independence, and Jamaicans, from Kingston to London. Num Pages: 608 pages, 8pp b&w photographs, further reading, index. BIC Classification: AVGS; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140237634
- ISBN
- 9780140237634
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.19
€ 19.99
€ 13.19
Paperback. The American Founders distrusted political parties. But this book examines an array of laws, regulations, subsidies and programs in American history that favor the Democrats and Republicans and discourage a challenge by any third party. Series: Studies in Public Choice. Num Pages: 152 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2009
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441918918
- ISBN
- 9781441918918
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 132.97
€ 132.97
Paperback. Jewish life in late imperial Kiev Series: The Modern Jewish Experience. Num Pages: 424 pages, 33 b&w illus., 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 610. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253222077
- ISBN
- 9780253222077
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.48
€ 34.99
€ 31.48
Paperback. Series: Studies in the History of Modern Science. Num Pages: 436 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; JHM; WM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1981
- Number of pages
- 436
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400984660
- ISBN
- 9789400984660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.53
€ 65.53
paperback. Exploring the dead/alive figure in such films as The Ring, American Beauty, and The Elephant Man, Vincent Hausmann charts the spectacular reduction of psychic life and assesses calls for shoring up psychic/social spaces that transfer bodily drives to language. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; HBTB; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- SKU
- V9781349293490
- ISBN
- 9781349293490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.43
€ 63.43
Hardback. This study draws upon Thomas BartonOs Forbes expedition journal, and a vast collection of manuscript letters, sermons, and other contemporary documents to illuminate his career and help readers appreciate the complex world of the pre-Revolutionary Pennsylvania frontier and more generally of the colonial American backcountry. Series: Studies in Eighteenth-Century America and the Atlantic World. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Lehigh University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611460636
- ISBN
- 9781611460636
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.99
€ 138.99
Paperback. A wide-ranging collection looking at how the United States has historically been perceived in Europe and Latin America. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 1KL; 3JH; HBJD; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 359.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137536884
- ISBN
- 9781137536884
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Hardcover. Num Pages: 346 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781588268365
- ISBN
- 9781588268365
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.09€ 63.10
€ 69.09
€ 63.10
hardcover. This book demonstrates the links between emancipation and the redefinition of honour among all classes of people on the island of Pemba. Series: African Studies. Num Pages: 293 pages, 5 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1HFG; HBJH; HBTS; JFSR2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 293
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781107025820
- ISBN
- 9781107025820
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.15
€ 65.15
Hardcover. This work describes how John Lingard (1771-1851) postulated and applied for the first time in England, the main principles and methodology of modern source criticism in his "History of England" (1819-30). His work is compared and contrasted with other English historians, Num Pages: 308 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DB; DN; HBAH; HBJD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 32. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902210933
- ISBN
- 9781902210933
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.02
€ 126.02
Hardback. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 619.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403966766
- ISBN
- 9781403966766
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.66
€ 123.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 319 pages. BIC Classification: GBCR; HBTB; JFSL3; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 276 x 213 x 18. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560721741
- ISBN
- 9781560721741
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 243.55€ 180.31
€ 243.55
€ 180.31
Der Schall. Acht Vorlesungen Gehalten in Der Royal Institution Von Gro...
Tyndall, John; Helmholtz, H; Wiedemann, G
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: HB; PHDS; TTA. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1867
- Publisher
- Vieweg+Teubner Verlag United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783663198444
- ISBN
- 9783663198444
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 96.30
€ 96.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAC; HB; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oleander Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909349551
- ISBN
- 9781909349551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.67
€ 13.67